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The purpose of this study was to investigate the change of ankle muscular function and lower limbs bone mineral density in elderly with falling. 16 elder women volunteered for this study(8 women each in experimental and control group) and all they were over 60 year old with communicating and exercising independant. They performed ankle reinforce exercise programs 3 time a week for 10 weeks. All data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA(Mixed) by SPSS(ver 16.0) Ankle of 60 degree plantarflexion(p＜.005)/dorsiflexion(p＜.001) strength and lower limbs bone mineral density(p＜.001) were significantly different in exercise group. However, Ankle of 180 degree was not significantly different in control and experimental group. Ankle reinforce exercise programs improved ankle plantarflexion, dorsiflexion and lower limbs bone mineral density. These result might be utilized in exercise guideline for elderly people.